Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

关注的选择——关注这个而忽略那个——对内在生活的影响,就像行动对外在生活的影响一样。在这两种情况下,一个人都要对他的选择负责,并且必须接受后果,不管后果是什么。

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I'd love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into - we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don't feel like they're ours.

我很想成为第一个说这句话的人,但这句话会自动变成——我们都有那些我们忽视的责任,因为我们不觉得它们是我们的。

I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.

作为一个负责任的人,我刚刚安定下来——但如果你把大象分成几口就好了。

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

有人说我们要对我们所爱的人负责。其他人知道我们要对爱我们的人负责。

Be so good they can't ignore you.

好好表现,他们不会忽视你的。